Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Portable Headphone Amps › FiiO " Flagship " portable amp Mont Blanc/E12 discussing thread, the pre order unit arrives.
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

FiiO " Flagship " portable amp Mont Blanc/E12 discussing thread, the pre order unit arrives. - Page 55

post #811 of 1955
1/24/13 at 4:07pm
Not yet, I plan on it though, but it will be a little while before I get my hands on an E12
Reply

Head-Fi's Best Sellers

post #812 of 1955
1/24/13 at 8:40pm

When will E12 come out? :O
I am waiting on to pick E12 or BH hehe

Reply
post #813 of 1955
1/25/13 at 1:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by SNSDluv View Post

When will E12 come out? :O
I am waiting on to pick E12 or BH hehe

 

It's been said a few times already but March is the closest estimate given so far. :D

Reply
post #814 of 1955
1/25/13 at 1:28am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SNSDluv View Post

When will E12 come out? :O
I am waiting on to pick E12 or BH hehe

 

120pcs Mont Blanc will arrive Micca in U.S next week.

Reply
post #815 of 1955
1/25/13 at 2:48am

Any comparisons between the O2 vs E12?

Reply
post #816 of 1955
1/25/13 at 5:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by cheuh View Post

Any comparisons between the O2 vs E12?
Not yet, sonically, but I can say the Mont Blanc is slimmer and more easy to slip into a pocket. Mont Blanc also has a crossfeed and bass-boost circuit that a stock O2 does not. FiiO has also provided a lot of specifications for the E12, so you can compare/contrast them regarding parts and output measurements that way. Finally, a pre-assembled O2 costs about $30 more than a Mont Blanc. After you consider all of that, everything else separating the two amps is just down to personal taste and may not reflect the quality. I don't know what the deal with NwAvGuy was, I was away from Head Fi when that stuff went down.
Reply
post #817 of 1955
1/25/13 at 6:23am
Quote:
Originally Posted by feiao View Post

 

120pcs Mont Blanc will arrive Micca in U.S next week.


Great news!  If I buy the Apple lightning to 30-pin adapter, then connect from the E12 to 30-pin, have you confirmed it will work with full function and SQ as if it was direct E12 to lightning.  Also, do you have any plans to produce E12 to lightning adapter as I believe Venturecraft offers with the GoDapX?

Reply
post #818 of 1955
1/25/13 at 7:00am
But will those adapters use the medium quality DAC instead of the good one in the phone
Reply
post #819 of 1955
1/25/13 at 7:03am
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowei006 View Post

But will those adapters use the medium quality DAC instead of the good one in the phone


confused_face.gif I may be misunderstanding your question, but the E12 doesn't have a DAC, so you would be using the phone's DAC.

Reply
post #820 of 1955
1/25/13 at 7:06am
Yes. But the adapter for lightning to 30 pin has its own DAC inside. I believe that doing it this way will utilize the WM88xx inside and not the believed to be higher qualitychip and internals in the iphone
Reply
post #821 of 1955
1/25/13 at 7:11am
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowei006 View Post

Yes. But the adapter for lightning to 30 pin has its own DAC inside. I believe that doing it this way will utilize the WM88xx inside and not the believed to be higher qualitychip and internals in the iphone


Thank you for pointing that out, I was not aware.  In that case, it sounds like the ideal solution is a direct E12 to lightning cable.  I don't know if the Venturecraft cable is compatible with the E12.

Reply
post #822 of 1955
1/25/13 at 10:08am
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowei006 View Post

Yes. But the adapter for lightning to 30 pin has its own DAC inside. I believe that doing it this way will utilize the WM88xx inside and not the believed to be higher qualitychip and internals in the iphone

I think that in that case you're using the iPhone 5 DAC and just getting an LOD (analog output) and not a digital output.

Reply
post #823 of 1955
1/26/13 at 8:38am
Quote:
Originally Posted by feiao View Post

 

120pcs Mont Blanc will arrive Micca in U.S next week.

Would Micca sell & ship the amp to UK?

Reply
post #824 of 1955
1/27/13 at 2:17am
Using the Fiio L9 works really well as per photo.
Reply
post #825 of 1955
1/27/13 at 6:46am
Quote:
Originally Posted by bowei006 View Post

Yes. But the adapter for lightning to 30 pin has its own DAC inside. I believe that doing it this way will utilize the WM88xx inside and not the believed to be higher qualitychip and internals in the iphone

Are you sure that's a DAC in that cable?
That doesn't make any sense!
Could be a charge control chip or an authentication chip?

Why put a DAC in the cable if the iPhone already has a DAC in it?
Edited by Chris J - 2/4/13 at 6:25pm
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Portable Headphone Amps

Head-Fi's Best Sellers

Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Portable Headphone Amps › FiiO " Flagship " portable amp Mont Blanc/E12 discussing thread, the pre order unit arrives.